PATNA: The
India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday predicted that thunderstorm activities in eastern India, including
Bihar, would continue at least till the next five days.
According to the IMD, thunderstorm accompanied with lightning, hail and gusty winds (speed reaching up to 30-40kmph) would be witnessed at isolated places in the state till May 6.
A Patna Meteorological Centre official, on the other hand, claimed that weather would mostly remain dry on Sunday, except in south-eastern parts of the state. “The intensity of thunderstorm activities will increase on Monday. Thunderstorm with lightning and gusty winds (30-40kmph) would occur in all 38 districts on Tuesday,” he added.
The official attributed the thunderstorm activities to two cyclonic circulations – one over Bangladesh and another over northeast Madhya Pradesh.
“Moisture incursion from these two cyclonic circulations amid the heating is leading to the thunderstorm activities. Temperature is likely to be tad higher on Sunday, but it would plunge again on Monday and continue to remain so till Wednesday owing to the thunderstorm activities,” the official said.
The daily weather bulletin issued by Patna Meteorological Centre on Saturday stated that light to moderate rainfall occurred at many places in north and south-east parts of Bihar and at one or two places in rest of the state during the last 24 hours.
Places which witnessed chief amount of rainfall included Birpur and Bhagalpur (40mm each), Benibad, Chhapra and Rosera (30mm each), Bihta, Khagaria, Sabour, Vaishali and Sripalpur (20mm each).
Private weather agency Skymetweather, on the other hand, has predicted that weather will not clear up in the northwest and eastern parts of the country, including Bihar, until the first week of May.
“Rains will occur in West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, many parts of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh between May 4 and 7,” the Skymet report said.